A WANGANUI ASSAULT
(By Telegraph—Special to “Herald.”) WELLINGTON, August 27. “Unless die case, has been wrongly reported or there are ameliorating circumstances, «the sentence is a scandal on justice,” declared Mr L. M. Isitii in the House toulay, when he called the attention of the Minister of Justice, to a, Wanganui assault case. “It seemed,” he said, “that a drunken man violently assaulted an inoffensice shopkeeper, who would carry marks to Ilia grave. 'The Magistrate, who heard the case, sent defendant to gaol for two months.” The member asked if the Minister would look into the matter. The Hon. Lee replied that he had “noticed the paragraph and would have the case investigated.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160740, 28 August 1920, Page 2
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113A WANGANUI ASSAULT Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160740, 28 August 1920, Page 2
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